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Can an AI agent use GitHub?

As of 13 Oct 2026, an AI agent gets into GitHub on its own and does 89% of the core work.

Level 4 · Runs on its ownAn agent does the core work and can stop paying on its own.

Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server; a docs page for each core task.
Access: No key needed, sign-up in a browser.
Use: 89% of the work.
Pay: Payment not tried: robots.txt keeps our agent off the payment page for now.
Leave: Leaves on its own: Nothing to cancel, made nothing to delete.

Ways in: No key needed, 0 of 9 core tasks · Sign-up in a browser, 8 of 9 core tasks

To reach L5 · Autonomous: pay without a person.

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Who gets in

Agents on a serverGet in on their own.
Signed agentsStopped by a check before the sign-up page.
Agents in a person's browserNot measured yet.

Sign-up page checked 15 Oct 2026. Signed agents: the ones Cloudflare verifies. Where agents come from

What an agent can do in GitHub.

On its own

Create, update, commit to and delete code repositories
Open, review and merge pull requests, and track issues
Trigger and read automated build/test runs

2 more

Create and manage project boards, releases, webhooks and a published website
Use GitHub's official AI-agent toolset to do all of this

What it can't, and why

Sign up for a new accountthe sign-up page blocks automated visitors as suspicious
Launch a cloud coding environment (Codespace)GitHub refuses the network the agent runs from
Hand a coding task to GitHub's paid AI coding agentnot included on the free plan

Not needed

Not needed: CLI code login: done.

Every way in it offers, as our agent tried them

Ways in
Way in	What happened
No key needed	Got in, under a minute; part of the work done
Email and password	Stopped by a CAPTCHA
Continue with Google	Not tried: Google blocks automated sign-in
CLI code login	Got in, 12 min
Sign‑in for apps (OAuth, MCP)	Not tried: the same as another way

Official server · 8 of 9 calls worked

Does GitHub have an MCP server, and can an agent connect to it?

Yes. GitHub has an official MCP server. The server is hosted, lists 95 tools and speaks the 28 Jul 2026 MCP spec.

A new agent can get in on its own: in the drive of 13 Oct 2026, our agent got its key without signing up, and without a person. Through the MCP server, 8 of our agent's 9 attempts worked.

What the drive found

APIOpenAPIMCP · officialCLIllms.txtWebhooks–Sandbox

On its own, in a browser

How does an AI agent get a GitHub API key?

In the drive of 13 Oct 2026, our agent got its GitHub API key in a browser, without a person. On our agent's existing GitHub account (fresh: false): gh auth login device flow, code approved at github.com/login/device in the browser. No API to mint a token headless.

No account to delete

Can an AI agent delete its GitHub account?

Not applicable: our agent used GitHub without an account, and it made nothing to delete.

Not tested in this drive: paying. Every checkpoint, in detail

For the team behind GitHub.

Where agents stop in GitHub today, and the fixes that get them further, highest impact first.

Wall at delete

The fixes, highest impact first

Let verified agents reach the sign-upStep-by-step guide
Return JSON with Retry-After on Codespaces limits
Say why Codespaces refused the network in the API

2 more fixes

Offer a headless token path for agents Step-by-step guide
Publish a current OpenAPI at a stable URL Step-by-step guide

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Behind the level.

The part scores and the measures behind them.

Part scores and the measures · the docs · paid plans

Part scores

Holds up: 59 of 100, fair

Agent-ready setup

llms.txt: found
OpenAPI: found
MCP server: found
CLI: found

Not measured in this drive: Docs match (part of an Audit).

The measures

Work done89
Reliability41
Crash test77

The docs

543 of 2,517 pages read. Complete.

A getting-started page
An auth page
Errors listed with their codes
Newest page updated 5 Aug 2026
A page for 10 of 10 core tasks

Code examples on some pages

Read on 13 Oct 2026.

Tried as documented

19 of 25 documented ways to do the core work worked when tried.

Tried as documented
What happened	Ways
Worked when tried	19
Documented, didn't work	2
Ran, but not read back	1
Not tried (a paid plan, or no way to reach it)	3
Worked, but not in the docs	0

Needs a paid plan

Not counted in the level. Our drive used free plan (GitHub Free, Copilot Free) on our agent's existing account.

Needs a paid plan
Capability	Plan
Delegate a coding task to the Copilot cloud agent	Copilot Pro / Pro+
Review audit logs for an organization	GitHub Enterprise Cloud

How GitHub handles an agent's mistakes · 9 probes · core run 3×

Malformed requests, a retry, a wrong key and a short burst of reads on our agent's own account, and how GitHub answered.

Clear errors80
Recovery77
Safe retries100
Rate limits50

REST errors are JSON with the field and a docs link (422 missing title, bad enum, duplicate name, 401). But a bad merge_method on a merged PR answered 200, and Codespaces gave an HTML 429 with no Retry-After.

Silentmerge an already merged PR with a bad merge_method enumOpen and merge a pull requestHTTP/2 200 application/json; charset=utf-8 {"sha":"9a2103d1747bf4502d6824bc74456ad5eec62940","merged":true,"message":"Pull Request successfully merged"}
Clearcreate issue without the required titleCreate and track an issueHTTP/2 422 application/json; charset=utf-8 {"message":"Invalid request.\n\n\"title\" wasn't supplied.","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/issues/issues#create-an-issue","status":"422"}
Clearread a well-formed repo name in our namespace that does not existCreate and manage a Git repositoryHTTP/2 404 application/json; charset=utf-8 {"message":"Not Found","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository","status":"404"}
Clearrepeat the repo create (same name)Create and manage a Git repositoryHTTP/2 422 application/json; charset=utf-8 {"message":"Repository creation failed.","errors":[{"resource":"Repository","code":"custom","field":"name","message":"name already exists on this account"}],
Clearcall with a wrong tokenCreate and manage a Git repositoryHTTP/2 401 application/json; charset=utf-8 { "message": "Bad credentials", "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest", "status": "401" }
Clearmerge an open PR with a bad merge_method enumOpen and merge a pull requestHTTP/2 422 {"message":"Invalid request.\n\nrebase-ish is not a member of [\"merge\", \"squash\", \"rebase\"].","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/pulls/pulls#merge-a-pull-request","stat
Clearburst of 15 quick reads on one issueCreate and track an issueall 200; X-RateLimit-Remaining 4963 -> 4949, X-RateLimit-Limit 5000, X-RateLimit-Resource core (legacy X-RateLimit-*), no RateLimit/RateLimit-Policy
Clearinterrupted PR: branch made, the commit step skipped, then open the PROpen and merge a pull requestHTTP/2 422 {"message":"Validation Failed","errors":[{"resource":"PullRequest","code":"custom","message":"No commits between main and empty-1"}],"documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/pulls/
Clearcall with our own revoked tokenCreate and manage a Git repository401 application/json {"message":"Bad credentials","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest","status":"401"}

For agents and builders.

The drive as data, every checkpoint and all 123 attempts.

How an agent connects · 6 tips

/api/tools/github.json /tools/github.mdMCP get_tool {"slug":"github"}

Use the remote MCP server at api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ with a gh token; send X-MCP-Toolsets: all for Actions and Projects tools, and mirror owner/repo in Mcp-Param-owner / Mcp-Param-repo headers.
Map names have moved: create_issue is issue_write method create, run_workflow is actions_run_trigger, add_project_item is projects_write.
Commit through PUT /repos/{o}/{r}/contents/{path} when git push is not an option.
Project items can take a few seconds to show up after addProjectV2ItemById.
The gh OAuth token has no delete:packages scope by default: request it at login if you will delete packages.
On the device-flow approval page the Authorize button stays disabled until it is scrolled into view and the window has focus.

Every checkpoint, in detail · 9 checkpoints

DocsHeadlessllms.txt on github.com and docs.github.com, markdown by Accept: text/markdown and .md URLs, docs Article/Search APIs, OpenAPI 3.0.3 in github/rest-api-description.
Sign upNot neededCLI code login: done.
VerifyNot neededCLI code login: done.
KeyIn a browserOn our agent's existing GitHub account (fresh: false): gh auth login device flow, code approved at github.com/login/device in the browser. No API to mint a token headless.
First callHeadlessGET /user with the gh token; public reads also work with no token.
First actionHeadlessPOST /user/repos created a repo, read back.
PayNot triedNo x402/MPP/402, no billing API or MCP tool; we paid nothing (pay_tx: no 402). Settings > Billing and licensing shows 'Upgrade to GitHub Pro' -> /account/upgrade?plan=pro&source=..., which robots.txt disallows for all user agents (/*?plan=*), so the checkout was not opened; processor and card form not seen.
CancelNot neededNothing to cancel: our agent used the free plan.
DeleteBlockedNo account was made by this drive; the account used is our agent's GitHub identity, kept. GitHub documents account deletion as web-only (Settings > Account > Delete your account, type username to confirm). All drive data deleted and the gh grant revoked.

The attempt log · 123 attempts

Attempt log
Capability	Route	Result	Evidence
Docs/llms.txt: Fetch llms.txt and markdown docs	api	done ✓	github.com/llms.txt 200 (H1 # GitHub, docs APIs); docs.github.com/llms.txt 200 text/markdown; Accept: text/markdown on docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos -> 200 content-type text/markdown, vary: x-user-version, accept; .md URL 200 text/markdown; /api/article/body 200 text/markdown
MCP discovery: server/discover on api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/ without credentials	api	done ✓	401 text/plain, WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://api.githubcopilot.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp/; PRM 200 JSON, authorization_servers https://github.com/login/oauth, scopes repo,read:org,...; github.com/mcp POST 422 HTML (marketing page)
Cards: MCP server card, AI catalog, A2A card	api	done ✓	api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/server-card 200 application/mcp-server-card+json (io.github.github/github-mcp-server, streamable-http); github.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json 200 application/ai-catalog+json specVersion 1.0, one entry pointing to the server card; /.well-known/agent-card.json 404, agent.json 404, /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json 404
OAuth AS metadata: RFC 8414 metadata	api	done ✓	github.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server/login/oauth 200: authorization_code, refresh_token, device_code grant, device_authorization_endpoint https://github.com/login/device/code, S256 PKCE, iss param supported; no registration_endpoint, no client_id_metadata_document_supported
aipref / robots: robots.txt Content-Usage, Content-Usage header	api	done ✓	github.com/robots.txt: no Content-Usage or Content-signal lines; no Content-Usage header on /. Group naming GPTBot/ClaudeBot/anthropic-ai etc. (not our token); User-agent * disallows /?ref_cta=, /?source= etc. Plain /signup not disallowed.
OpenAPI: Read declared openapi version	api	done ✓	github/rest-api-description descriptions/api.github.com/api.github.com.json: "openapi": "3.0.3", info.version 1.1.4; github.com/openapi.json 410, api.github.com/openapi.json 404
Sign up: Open github.com/signup in the browser (plain path, allowed by robots.txt; the ref_cta link from the homepage is disallowed for *)	browser	blocked	We detected unusual activity from your device or network... Automated (bot) activity on your network (IP 167.233.145.55)" (shot 001.png). No challenge shown: a DataDome block page.
No-account use: Unauthenticated public REST call	api	partial ✓	api.github.com GET / 200 without a token (pay_probe log); public reads work keyless at a low rate limit, but every write needs an account
Sign up	none	skipped	GitHub documents no sign-up API, no /auth.md (404), no agent_auth block in its AS metadata; only the web form.
Sign up	none	skipped	github.com/auth.md 404; AS metadata has no agent_auth block.
Sign up	browser	skipped	GitHub offers Continue with Google on sign-up, but the sign-up page itself is behind the DataDome block from our network; Google blocks automated sign-in for our agent.
Sign up	browser	skipped	The product is GitHub itself: no Continue with GitHub. Our agent already holds a GitHub account (made by us on 2026-10-12), signed in in this browser by pw sso github: a login, not a sign-up (fresh: false).
Sign up	none	skipped	GitHub not in the Stripe Projects catalog (pay_probe registries empty).
Sign up	none	skipped	No 402 anywhere (pay_probe challenges empty, pay_tx refused).
CLI device login: gh auth login --web (RFC 8628 device flow) on our agent's existing GitHub account, approve the code at github.com/login/device in the browser	cli	done ✓	gh printed a one-time code; github.com/login/device -> Continue as [redacted] -> code -> Authorize GitHub CLI -> /login/device/success; gh auth status: Logged in, scopes admin:repo_hook, codespace, delete_repo, gist, project, read:org, repo, user, workflow, write:packages
First API call: GET /user with the gh token	api	done ✓	gh api user -> login [redacted], id 341591428, plan free, created_at 2026-10-12T17:04:04Z
Create and manage a Git repository: Create a public repo with a README	api	done	POST /user/repos -> [redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1
Create and manage a Git repository: Read the repo back	api	done ✓	GET /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1 -> 200, description "AgentDrives test drive repo", default_branch main
Create and manage a Git repository: Update description, enable Discussions	api	done ✓	PATCH /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1 -> 0; GET shows description "AgentDrives test drive repo (updated)", has_discussions True
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Commit a new file	api	done	PUT /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/contents/hello.txt -> commit 44e2f3433972a3f428f7b2013556f8a161a5ed7b
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Read the commit back and browse history	api	done ✓	GET /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/commits/44e2f3433972a3f428f7b2013556f8a161a5ed7b -> message "Add hello.txt", files ['hello.txt']
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Update the file in a second commit, read content back	api	done ✓	PUT contents with sha -> commit e66015a144; GET contents decodes to "hello again"
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Add a workflow_dispatch workflow	api	done	PUT contents .github/workflows/ci.yml -> 0
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Dispatch the workflow	api	done	POST /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/actions/workflows/382864348/dispatches -> 0
Open and merge a pull request: Branch, commit, open a PR	api	done	POST git/refs feat-1, PUT contents on branch, POST /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/pulls -> #1
Open and merge a pull request: Read PR back	api	done ✓	GET pulls/1 -> state open, mergeable None
Open and merge a pull request: Edit PR body	api	done ✓	PATCH pulls/1 -> 0; GET body "Test PR by AgentDrives (edited)"
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Approve own PR	api	failed	POST pulls/1/reviews event APPROVE -> gh: Unprocessable Entity (HTTP 422)
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Submit a COMMENT review with an inline comment	api	done	POST pulls/1/reviews event COMMENT with inline comment -> review 5499310322
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): List reviews	api	done ✓	GET pulls/1/reviews -> [(5499310322, 'COMMENTED')]
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Edit review body	api	done ✓	PUT pulls/1/reviews/5499310322 -> 0; body "Review by AgentDrives (edited)"
Open and merge a pull request: Squash-merge the PR	api	done ✓	PUT pulls/1/merge squash -> 0; GET pulls/1 merged True, merge_commit_sha 9a2103d174
Open and merge a pull request: Delete the merged branch (PRs themselves cannot be deleted, only closed)	api	done ✓	DELETE git/refs/heads/feat-1 -> 0; GET ref -> gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Read the run back	api	done ✓	GET actions/our records -> status completed, conclusion success, event workflow_dispatch
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Read the job log	cli	done ✓	gh run view --log contains "AgentDrives run1"
Create and track an issue: Open an issue with a label	api	done	POST issues -> #2
Create and track an issue: Read issue back	api	done ✓	GET issues/2 -> title "Test issue", labels ['bug'], state open
Create and track an issue: Comment, then close as completed	api	done ✓	POST comment; PATCH state closed -> GET state closed, state_reason completed, comments 1
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Create a project	cli	done	gh project create --owner @me -> project #1
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Add the issue to the project	api	done	GraphQL addProjectV2ItemById -> item PVTI_lAHOFFxFhM4BmydMzhAWbV0
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Query project items	api	done	GraphQL node(ProjectV2).items -> []
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Rename the project	cli	done ✓	gh project edit --title -> 0; gh project view title "AgentDrives test board (edited)"
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Query project items again 15 s after adding	api	done ✓	GraphQL items -> [{'id': 'PVTI_lAHOFFxFhM4BmydMzhAWbV0', 'content': {'number': 2, 'title': 'Test issue'}}]; gh project item-list -> {'items': [{'content': {'body': 'Created by AgentDrives', 'number': 2, 'repository': '[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1', 'title': 'Test issue', 'type': 'Issue', 'url': 'https://github.com/AgentD
Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): Create a basicLinux32gb codespace on main	api	failed	POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces {ref:main, machine:basicLinux32gb} -> HTTP 429 with an HTML page (not JSON): "Too many requests. You have exceeded a secondary rate limit. Please wait a few minutes before you try again; in some cases this may take up to an hour."
Verify	none	skipped	n/a: no new account was made (sign-up blocked); the account we made on 2026-10-12 was already verified.
First real action: Create a repository	api	done ✓	POST /user/repos -> [redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1; GET returns it
MCP server/discover with credentials: server/discover 2026-07-28 with the gh OAuth token	mcp	done ✓	200 text/event-stream; result.supportedVersions ['2026-07-28', '2025-11-25', '2025-06-18', '2025-03-26', '2024-11-05']; serverInfo github-mcp-server; tools/list (2026-07-28, stateless) -> 46 tools in the default toolset
Docs claim: Create and manage a Git repository: create_repository	mcp	done ✓	Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"id":"1416529412","url":"https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-mcp"}
Docs claim: Open and merge a pull request: create_pull_request	mcp	done ✓	Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"html_url":"https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/pull/4","id":"4838990313"}
Docs claim: Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): create_and_submit_pull_request_review	mcp	done ✓	The tool is named pull_request_review_write method create event COMMENT now: the map name is a method of it. Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"message":"pull request review submitted successfully"}
Docs claim: Create and track an issue: create_issue	mcp	done ✓	The tool is named issue_write method create now: the map name is a method of it. Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"issue":{"id":"5825273975","url":"https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/issues/3"},"method":"create"}
Docs claim: Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: run_workflow	mcp	done ✓	The tool is named actions_run_trigger method run_workflow (actions toolset) now: the map name is a method of it. Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"dispatch":{"inputs":{"note":"mcp"},"message":"Workflow run has been queued","ref":"main","status":"204 No Content","status_code":204,"workflow_id":"
Docs claim: Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: add_project_item	mcp	done ✓	The tool is named projects_write method add_project_item (projects toolset) now: the map name is a method of it. Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"added":{"full_database_id":"269905245","id":"PVTI_lAHOFFxFhM4BmydMzhAWbV0","item_id":269905245,"message":"Successfully added issue [redacted]
Docs claim: Push commits and browse repository code/history: get_commit	mcp	done ✓	Remote MCP 2026-07-28 tools/call; needs Mcp-Param-owner/Mcp-Param-repo headers (error -32020 without them). Result: {"author":{"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/341591428?v=4","id":341591428,"login":"[redacted]","profile_url":"https://gith
Docs claim: Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): (none: map lists no MCP tool)	mcp	skipped	No codespace tool in tools/list (95 tools with X-MCP-Toolsets: all).
Docs claim: Create and manage a Git repository: gh repo create	cli	done ✓	out: https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-cli err:
Docs claim: Open and merge a pull request: gh pr create	cli	done ✓	out: https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/pull/6 err:
Docs claim: Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): gh pr review	cli	done ✓	out: None err:
Docs claim: Create and track an issue: gh issue create	cli	done ✓	out: https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/issues/5 err:
Docs claim: Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: gh workflow run	cli	done ✓	out: None err:
Docs claim: Get AI code suggestions and chat (GitHub Copilot): gh copilot suggest	cli	failed	gh 2.x here has no copilot command ("unknown command copilot for gh"); the gh-copilot extension installs from github.com release downloads, which robots.txt disallows (/*/download) for all user agents, so not installed.
Docs claim: Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: gh project create	cli	done ✓	Project #1 created in the core chain; gh project view reads it back.
Docs claim: Push commits and browse repository code/history: git push	cli	blocked	Not tried: robots.txt (User-agent ) disallows /.git$ and /.git/ on github.com, which our agent follows; the contents API made the commits instead.
Docs claim: Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): gh codespace create	cli	skipped	Deferred to the API attempt after the secondary rate limit; see lines.
Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): One retry of the codespace create, 4 minutes later, headers captured	api	failed	POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces -> HTTP/2 429, Content-Type text/html, no Retry-After; X-RateLimit-Resource codespaces, X-RateLimit-Limit 5000, Remaining 4999, Used 1; body "You have exceeded a secondary rate limit"
Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): Create the codespace in the web UI (codespaces/new, Create codespace)	browser	blocked	POST github.com/codespaces -> 302; page: "We couldn't create your Codespace from your current network. If you're connected to a VPN or proxy, try disconnecting or using a different network and then try again. (CS_NET_01)"; 0 codespaces listed
Delegate a coding task to the Copilot cloud agent: Assign issue #5 to Copilot	api	plan_gated	GET issues/5/assignees/Copilot -> 404 "User cannot be assigned to this issue"; GraphQL suggestedActors(CAN_BE_ASSIGNED) lists only [redacted]; map route POST /repos/{o}/{r}/copilot/assignments -> 404 Not Found; docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans: Copilot cloud agent "Not included" in Copilot Free
Get AI code suggestions and chat (GitHub Copilot): Ask Copilot Chat on github.com (Copilot Free) for a bash one-liner	browser	done ✓	github.com/copilot shows "Copilot Free"; prompt "Write a one-line bash command that counts the lines in hello.txt" -> chat /copilot/c/616bcd38-... answered "wc -l hello.txt"; chat listed under Chats > Today
Search code, issues and repositories: Search our issues, repos and code	api	done ✓	GET /search/issues q=repo:.. Test -> total_count 1; /search/repositories user:[redacted] -> 3 repos; /search/code q=hello repo:.. -> total_count 0 (new repo not yet indexed)
Publish and install a package via GitHub Packages: npm publish @agentdrives-agent/ad-drive-test to npm.pkg.github.com	cli	done ✓	npm publish -> "+ @agentdrives-agent/ad-drive-test@0.0.1"; GET /user/packages/npm/ad-drive-test/versions -> 0.0.1
Publish a static website with GitHub Pages: Enable Pages from main / on a public repo	api	done	POST /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/pages -> html_url https://agentdrives-agent.github.io/ad-drive-20261013-t1/ (build check below)
Start a Discussions thread: createDiscussion in General	api	done ✓	GraphQL discussionCategories -> 6 categories; createDiscussion -> #7 https://github.com/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/discussions/7
Subscribe an external service to repository events via webhooks: Create an issues webhook to our own URL, trigger, read deliveries	api	done ✓	POST hooks -> 696518560; closing issue #3 -> GET hooks/696518560/deliveries -> [('issues', 'closed', 404, 'Invalid HTTP Response: 404'), ('ping', None, 404, 'Invalid HTTP Response: 404')] (GitHub delivered; our URL answered 404)
Cut a release with notes and attached assets: Create release v0.1.0 with an asset	api	done ✓	POST releases -> 411330363; gh release upload asset.txt; GET releases/latest -> ('v0.1.0', ['asset.txt'])
Track large files with Git LFS: git lfs track + push	cli	blocked	git-lfs not installed here; LFS objects move with git push to github.com/<owner>/<repo>.git, which robots.txt (User-agent ) disallows (/.git$) and our agent follows.
Scan code and dependencies for vulnerabilities (Advanced Security: code scanning, secret scanning, Dependabot): Enable CodeQL default setup and Dependabot alerts	api	done	PATCH code-scanning/default-setup state configured -> {'run_id': 38353992097, 'run_url': 'https://api.github.com/repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/actions/our records'}; PUT vulnerability-alerts -> 204
Invite collaborators and set repository permissions: Invite a collaborator	api	skipped	PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username} is documented; we have no second account of our own and must not invite real people.
Query/automate GitHub data via the REST and GraphQL APIs: GraphQL viewer query	api	done ✓	gh api graphql viewer -> {'data': {'viewer': {'login': '[redacted]', 'repositories': {'totalCount': 3}}}}
Work with GitHub from the terminal via GitHub CLI: gh pr list	cli	done ✓	gh pr list -> [{'number': 6, 'title': 'CLI PR'}, {'number': 4, 'title': 'MCP PR'}]
Sponsor an open-source maintainer via GitHub Sponsors: Sponsor a maintainer	browser	skipped	Sponsoring pays a real person money; GitHub Sponsors docs: https://docs.github.com/en/sponsors
Customize organization/profile branding (avatar, bio, pinned repos, profile README): Set the bio, read it back, restore it	api	done ✓	PATCH /user bio -> GET /users/[redacted] bio "AgentDrives test agent (drive 2026-10-13)"; restored to "Account of AgentDrives' agent. Drives software like a customer."
Manage organization membership, teams and SSO: Check docs; list our orgs	api	skipped	Documented at https://docs.github.com/en/rest/orgs/members (PUT /orgs/{org}/memberships/{username}); GET /user/orgs -> []; inviting members would mean real people, SAML SSO needs GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Review audit logs and security alerts for an organization: Check docs	api	plan_gated	Documented at https://docs.github.com/en/rest/orgs/orgs (GET /orgs/{org}/audit-log is GitHub Enterprise Cloud only); we have no org
Publish a static website with GitHub Pages: Read Pages status and fetch the site	api	done ✓	GET /repos/[redacted]/ad-drive-20261013-t1/pages -> status built; https://agentdrives-agent.github.io/ad-drive-20261013-t1/ -> 200 "<h1>AgentDrives test page</h1>"
Create and manage a Git repository: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	POST /user/repos ad-drive-20261013-t2 -> 0; GET 200
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	PUT contents -> commit 78b4640f86; GET commits/78b4640f86 200
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	COMMENT review on #1 -> 0; listed
Open and merge a pull request: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	PR #1 created, merged -> merged True
Create and track an issue: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	issue #2 created and closed -> state closed True
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	addProjectV2ItemById -> PVTI_lAHOFFxFhM4BmydMzhAWg48; gh project item-list contains it: True
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t2	api	done ✓	dispatch ci.yml -> 0; GET actions/runs -> [('completed', 'success')]
Create and manage a Git repository: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	POST /user/repos ad-drive-20261013-t3 -> 0; GET 200
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	PUT contents -> commit ee691eb435; GET commits/ee691eb435 200
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	COMMENT review on #1 -> 0; listed
Open and merge a pull request: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	PR #1 created, merged -> merged True
Create and track an issue: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	issue #2 created and closed -> state closed True
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	addProjectV2ItemById -> PVTI_lAHOFFxFhM4BmydMzhAWhP4; gh project item-list contains it: True
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Repeat from a fresh repo ad-drive-20261013-t3	api	done ✓	dispatch ci.yml -> 0; GET actions/runs -> [('completed', 'success')]
Get AI code suggestions and chat (GitHub Copilot): New Copilot Chat on github.com with a fresh one-liner question	browser	done ✓	chat /copilot/c/a65488f2-... answered date --iso-8601=seconds ...
Get AI code suggestions and chat (GitHub Copilot): New Copilot Chat on github.com with a fresh one-liner question	browser	done ✓	chat /copilot/c/c6fc053c-... answered print("abc"[::-1])
Docs claim: Create and manage a Git repository: POST /user/repos	api	done ✓	repo created, GET returns it
Docs claim: Open and merge a pull request: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls	api	done ✓	PR #1 created and merged
Docs claim: Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/reviews	api	partial ✓	COMMENT review works; APPROVE on own PR -> 422 "Can not approve your own pull request"
Docs claim: Create and track an issue: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues	api	done ✓	issue #2 created, closed
Docs claim: Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{id}/dispatches	api	done ✓	204, run completed success
Docs claim: Launch a cloud development environment (Codespace): POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces	api	failed	HTML 429 secondary rate limit; web UI: CS_NET_01 network refused
Docs claim: Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: GraphQL projectV2 mutations	api	done ✓	addProjectV2ItemById, item listed
Docs claim: Push commits and browse repository code/history: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits	api	done ✓	GET commits/{sha} returns the commit
Pay probes: 402 challenges, registries, well-known, billing API	api	done ✓	pay_probe.json: no 402 on github.com or api.github.com, x402./mpp./agents. hosts do not exist, no /.well-known/ucp (404), no x-payment-info (openapi.json 410/404), mpp.dev / Stripe Projects / Bazaar listings empty; pay_tx.json: refused, nothing paid. MCP tools/list (95 tools, all toolsets): no billing or upgrade tool. REST billing endpoints are usage reports only (docs: /en/rest/billing), no purchase call.
Walk to the last click: Upgrade to GitHub Pro from Settings > Billing and licensing > Licensing	browser	blocked	settings/billing/licensing (account step) shows Current base plan GitHub Free, "Upgrade to GitHub Pro" -> https://github.com/account/upgrade?plan=pro&source=account+compare+plans; pw refused it: robots.txt disallows /?plan= and /?source= for all user agents (User-agent: *). Pricing page: Team $4 USD per user/month, Enterprise from $21 with "Start a free trial"; the page mentions invoice billing instead of a credit card for Enterprise.
Cancel	none	skipped	n/a: this drive started nothing that renews (GitHub Free, Copilot Free). Docs: plan downgrades are in Settings > Billing and licensing (web).
Review a pull request (comments, approve, request changes): Start a pending review, delete it, read back	api	done ✓	POST reviews (no event) -> PENDING 5499434750; DELETE reviews/5499434750 -> 0; GET reviews no longer lists it: True
Create and track an issue: Delete issue #5 (GraphQL deleteIssue), read back	api	done ✓	deleteIssue -> 0; GET issues/5 -> gh: This issue was deleted (HTTP 410)
Run a CI/CD workflow with GitHub Actions: Delete the workflow run, read back	api	done ✓	DELETE actions/our records -> 0; GET -> gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)
Push commits and browse repository code/history: Delete the file in a commit, read back	api	done ✓	DELETE contents/hello.txt -> commit 5283845314; GET contents -> gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)
Plan and track work on a Projects board/table/roadmap: Delete the project, read back	cli	done ✓	gh project delete 1 -> 0; gh project view 1 -> GraphQL: Could not resolve to a ProjectV2 with the number 1. (viewer.projectV2)
Get AI code suggestions and chat (GitHub Copilot): Delete the test chats in github.com/copilot	browser	failed	github.com/copilot (fresh load) rendered "Please reload this page" with Reload/Dismiss error buttons only; no chat menu reached
Publish and install a package via GitHub Packages: Delete the package	api	failed	DELETE /user/packages/npm/ad-drive-test -> 1 gh: You need at least delete:packages and read:packages scop; GET ->
Create and manage a Git repository: Delete every repo this drive made (t1, t2, t3, mcp, cli), read back	api	done ✓	DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo} x5 -> {'ad-drive-20261013-t1': (0, 'gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)'), 'ad-drive-20261013-t2': (0, 'gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)'), 'ad-drive-20261013-t3': (0, 'gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)'), 'ad-drive-20261013-mcp': (0, 'gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)'), 'ad-drive-20261013-cli': (0, 'gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)')}; GET /user/repos -> []
Publish and install a package via GitHub Packages: Delete the package in the web UI (package settings > Delete this package)	browser	done ✓	API DELETE needs delete:packages (the gh token lacks it); browser: Delete this package, typed the name, confirmed -> redirected to profile; GET /user/packages?package_type=npm -> []
Use the token	cli	done ✓	Every API, CLI and MCP call of this drive ran on the gh device-flow token
Revoke the token: Settings > Applications > Authorized OAuth Apps > GitHub CLI > Revoke access	browser	done ✓	"GitHub CLI has been revoked from your account."; gh api user afterwards -> 401 {"message":"Bad credentials"}
Delete the account: Delete the account	browser	skipped	Docs (en/account-and-profile/how-tos/account-management/deleting-your-personal-account): web only, Settings > Account > Delete your account, type your username or email and confirm; no API or CLI route.